Huapango torero [English translation]

Bull, bull, bull...

While the young bulls are in the corral 1

Solely and only, only for the bullfighters,

outside of the bullring, by the road made of stone

A boy is sitting crying, sitting crying in silence.

With his cape2 the bullfighter wipes his tears

with his cape the bullfighter wipes his tears

The night falls in silence, the full moon hangs, hangs far away;

the stars begin to arrange themselves in the sky,

and making his way to the corrals, is seen a boy who is moving decisively

he wants to fight a bull, he puts a price on his life

Silence...

The foremen are asleep,

the bulls, the bulls in their corrals are getting restless.

A cape in the night by the light of the moon wants to fight.

Silence...

Suddenly the beautiful night has seen something and is crying;

doves, white doves in the sky, are coming down

Not true, they are handkerchiefs, white handkerchiefs full of tears,

that fall like a white frost over a young boy that has died

Bull, killer bull! I hope the devil takes you!

Bull, killer bull! I hope the devil takes you!

Silence...

The foremen are crying...

1. ,a tentadero is a corral where young bulls are kept to be probed and tested 2. Muletillo is a rod with a cape (commonly red) which the bullfighter uses to provoke the bull when he is about to kill it. (SpanishDict.com is the source.) Also called a muleta according to The Taurine glossary.

• Artist:Lola Beltrán